do the trick
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Every few months, he comes home with a new “squirrel-proof” bird feeder, each more expensive than the previous, each one promising to finally do the trick.
From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026
Today, heated blankets do the trick when you don’t want to crank the heat.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
Even slower growth than expected could do the trick, he said.
From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026
Lower interest rates by themselves probably won’t do the trick, economists say.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 22, 2025
Which seemed to do the trick the questions stopped—but it also sent Tommy and Sebastian into full-out hysterics.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
